http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/1-year-old-skoda-yeti-for-immediate-sale/1048540743

 

Photo looks like its been lifted from an official Skoda forecourt.

Iffy as a nine bob note! 5K for a one year old Yeti. On what planet?

That wreaks to high heaven.

 

Barge......

 

...... Pole.

Somthing proper fishy about that, probably stolen..

I'm up there this week, get the address and I'll have a look! What's the bets it will be an answer of "I'll deliver the car for you to view"

 

I suspect however that you're right, and I'm reminded of the saying, if something seems to good to be true, it usually is.

A 1.8 petrol in E or S spec....unique too!

Somthing proper fishy about that, probably stolen..

Only two things that smell of fish......

And this deal is one of them............

If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck.... it's a duck.

Scam, avoid!

Yep a scam, they are wheel trims not alloys so an E spec model. Avoid!

Gumtree has a history of being used by scammers.

For a start it looks a bit more like aqua blue to me and says it has alloy wheels but these look like the silver dustbin lids they fit to steel wheels.

Gumtree is owned by ebay (only just discovered that BTW), and has no payment protection like ebay has via paypal.

 

There was a recent case of  similar scam to this where a unsuspecting buyer purchased a BMW from Gumtree. The seller asked the buyer to pay by a fake ebay/paypal link (not sure exactly how that worked), so buyer paid up thinking the (fake) paypal protection would cover him in the event of a scam. The seller arranged to deliver the car and needless to say it never happened. The BMW did not exist, but the seller sold it "several times" using the same scam and pocketed over £30k.

 

Gumtree refused to help!

 

Also, the seller of the Yeti above, would get more than £5k from "webuyanycar.com" or any Skoda dealer come to that, so no need to advertise at all. The ad would sound more convincing if the price was more realistic.

I wonder if he would sell the two in the background as well as a job lot?

Breaks my first rule when buying cars privately.  If it is not in the owner's driveway and you are not allowed indoors, avoid it like the plague!